meager

英 [ˈmiːgə]

美 [ˈmigər]

adj.  贫瘠的；不毛的; 瘦的

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COCA.9607

英英释义

adj

• deficient in amount or quality or extent
  1. meager resources
  2. meager fare
  Synonym:meagremeagerlystingyscrimpy

双语例句

• I dare to presume my own meager contributions will be rewarded one day.
  我想我也有一天能得到奖赏吧。
• It is so meager like thin dusts that I could not even see myself.
  它是如此微薄的像稀薄拂去灰尘般以至于我不能甚而看见自己。
• People who do well financially ask different questions as they look at investments than people who produce meager rewards.
  善于理财地人和小打小闹的人在投资机会面前，所问出的问题是不一样的。
• He had to support his family with his meager income.
  他只能靠微薄的收入来养家。
• Roberta picked up each of his meager purchases and entered each amount into the cash register.
  罗伯塔一一拿起他所买的几件东西，逐一放到收银机上计价。
• With meager funding, they had to use army personnel and civilians to tend to many parks and monuments.
  因为微薄的资金投入，他们不得不借用军队人员和平民来照管公园和博物馆。
• In fact, Pandit stuck with the meager check longer than he had to.
  事实上，潘伟迪拿1美元年薪的时间已超出了他应信守的时间。
• We had a meager helping of fish.
  我们吃了很小的一份鱼。
• And then sell us back a meager portion of it, at even higher prices!
  然后把极小一部分以更高的价格卖给我们！
• When the meager purchases had been placed into a plastic bag, something remarkable happened.
  当这少量的几件商品被装入到一个塑料袋里后，更引人注目的事还在后头。